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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

740 PM MST MON JUL 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...THIS 

  INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TEMPE...MESA...GILBERT...FOUNTAIN 

  AND CHANDLER. 



* UNTIL 845 PM MST



* AT 732 PM MST...FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM THUNDERSTORMS

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP

  IN THE EAST VALLEY WITH URBAN FLOODING.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3363 11197 3360 11159 3324 11160 3325 11197



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